Nidal Hasan Execution Scheduled

What happened

The Army scheduled Nidal Hasan’s execution by firing squad for Dec. 3, 2026, at Fort Hood, Texas. Acting Army Secretary Adam Telle issued the order after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recommended that method and President Donald Trump approved it. Hasan, a former Army major and psychiatrist, opened fire at Fort Hood in 2009, killing 13 people and wounding 32. A military jury convicted him in 2013 of premeditated murder and attempted premeditated murder, then sentenced him to death. At trial, Hasan acknowledged the attack and said he acted to protect Muslims or Taliban leaders from U.S. forces. A civilian federal-court habeas appeal could delay the execution for years.

How each side covered it

From the left

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From the right

Right-leaning outlets framed Hasan as an Islamist terrorist and treated the order as overdue justice tied to the attack site. The New York Post cast Hasan as a “terrorist” attacking troops and stressed that a firing squad at the massacre site would bring the punishment full circle. Townhall leaned into long-delayed, deserved punishment, saying Hasan would “die” by gunfire rather than merely move through another legal step.